Ewan McGregor In Final Negotiations To Play Black Mask In ‘Birds Of Prey’

The Wrap reports that Ewan McGregor is in talks to play Black Mask in Warner Bros. and DC’s Birds of Prey.

With production scheduled to begin in early 2019, Star Wars prequel actor Ewan McGregor is in final negotiations to star in Birds of Prey as Black Mask, the crime boss who will act as the main adversary to the titular team of female heroes. In the comics, Black Mask is the criminal alias used by Roman Sionis, a powerful figure in Gotham City’s organized crime who is also a longtime enemy of Batman.

Details on the Birds of Prey plot are currently unknown, though the film will center around the titular team of female heroes and villains based on the DC Comics characters and concepts created by Jordan B. Gorfinkel and Chuck Dixon with Batman villain Black Mask serving as the main antagonist of the film.

Directed by Cathy Yan from a script penned by Bumblebee writer Christina Hodson, Birds of Prey stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black Canary, Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya, and Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn.

Birds of Prey will be released in theaters on February 7, 2020.

Source: The Wrap